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2943 dambarakumārī n. a particular fabric printed with colourful pattern; ḍhākā imitation. t.t.
904 daṃḍakuṃḍa / daṇḍakuṇḍa n. generic term for judicial fines and penalties. t.t.
2838 dānā [fr. P. dāna] n. a grain, seed, berry; a single small object; something to be threaded (as a bead, a pearl). t.t.
2261 dānapatra [S.] n. deed of gift. t.t.
905 ḍaṅgola var. ḍagola, ḍogola; n. 1) a measurer of land, houses etc. 2) a particular Newar caste. t.t.
1802 danuvāra n. an ethnic group in the lowland (cf. Bista 1996: 139-144). t.t.
2493 daphadarakhānā var. daphdarakhāna; n. registration office responsible for dealing with land assignments. t.t.
2371 daphtarī var. daphadarīyā; n. A revenue functionary responsible for the accounts of land assigned to the army personnel as emolument. The corresponding office is called daphtarakhānā. t.t.
2719 darā n. revenue sub-division comprising a number of villages in the Baisi and the Jumla region (M.C. Regmi 1978: 161; M.C. Regmi 1988: 266), sub-division of a tahasila (Kumar 1967: 165). t.t.
3083 darabandī [P.] var. daravaṃdī, daravaṃdi; n. a designated position with a fixed salary for operating a government or non-government office; determination of the required number of staff (cf. Parājulī et al VS 2067: s.v.); #a register of alms recipients# t.t.
175 darabāra var. darbāra, durbar; n. 1) royal palace. 2) royal court consisting of kings and nobles. 3) court assembly where nobles or foreign delegates are received. t.t.
1803 darāi var. daravai, daroī, darahī; n. an ethnic group in the low land, living as fishermen and farmers (see Bista 1996: 139-145; Bouillier 1991: 18 fn. 14; Höfer 2004: 8). t.t.
1518 darakhāsta / darkhāsta [fr. P.] n. petition, application by an individual to an governmental office. t.t.
3086 darda var. dard, n. monthly salary, according to Adhikari 1984: 347, paid out to the soldiery on instalments. t.t.
1821 darmāhā var. darmāha; monthly salary t.t.
1889 dārogā n. elephant stable manager; cp. Edwards 1975: 109; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 183; Locke 2006: 149. t.t.
2999 darśana n. a vision, sight or blessing of a deity or an honourable person. On darśana, see D. Eck (1985) and Michaels “Darśana”, in: Religion Past and Present, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_03411 (first published online in 2011; last accessed on 21 June 2022). t.t.
2339 darśanabheṭa var. darsanabheṭa; n. 1) formal meeting with the king or another superior. 2) a cash levy paid to the King and principal members of the royal family by civil and military personnel at the time of their first appointment and confirmation of their services at the annual pajanī or on other such occasions (Adhikari 1984: 347, M.C. Regmi 1978: 226). t.t.
2312 dasaĩ māmulī also dasaĩko māmulī; n. usual obligation to be payed on the occasion of the dasaĩ festival (cf. M.L. Karmacharya 1996: 62); often consisted of non-monetary dues. According to DNA_0015_0091 these revenues were personally enjoyed by the chief minister, i.e. by Bhīmasena Thāpā and after him by Jaṅga Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā. t.t.
1854 dasaĩ / daśaĩ [fr. S. daśāha] var. dasai; n. festival to worship the goddess Durgā as slayer of the buffalo demon, held over the bright half of the autumn month of Āśvina (baḍā dasaĩ) and, on a smaller scale, over the bright half of the spring month of Caitra (caite dasaĩ). t.t.
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